“FUN FACT: West Virginia is home to zero billionaires.”
David Gura
NPR journalist. a tweet. Claim dated 27 Oct 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisTrue
What PolitiFact found
Forbes, which closely tracks the wealth of the richest Americans, wrote in April that Jim Justice had recently fallen out of the billionaire’s club, making West Virginia one of a handful of states without one.
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In short
David Gura (NPR journalist) made this claim around 27 October 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 November 2021, 13 days later. Its rating was “True”.
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